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Operation moonglow : a political history of project Apollo /

Teasel E. Muir-Harmony, Author | New York : Basic Books | 2020

"On July 20th, 1969, over half of the world's population tuned in to witness the first lunar landing, waiting with bated breath as Neil Armstrong ventured outside the cabin door of Apollo 11 and declared "that's one small step for [a] man, one g[...]

The step : one woman's journey to finding her own happiness and success during the Apollo space program

Martha Lemasters, Author | New York : Morgan James Publishing | 2016

Martha Lemasters spent almost ten years working as a PR writer at Cape Kennedy as a member of IBM's team on NASA's Apollo Program in the sixties and seventies. As a member of the launch support team, these years saw success in seven moon landing[...]

After Apollo? : Richard Nixon and the American space program /

John M. Logsdon, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2015

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took 'one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.' The success of the Apollo 11 mission satisfied the goal that had been set by President John F. Kennedy just over eight years earlier. It also raised th[...]

Rocket ranch : the nuts and bolts of the Apollo Moon Program at Kennedy Space Center

Jonathan H. Ward, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2015

Descriptions of early operations include a harrowing account of the heroic efforts of pad workers during the Apollo 1 fire. A companion to the author's book Countdown to a Moon Launch: Preparing Apollo for Its Historic Journey, this explores eve[...]

Neil Armstrong : a life of flight /

Jay Barbree, Author | [S.l.] : Thomas Dunne Books | 2014

"To date, everything written about Armstong's life and flights has been written from the outside looking in; Barbree is the only person whom Neil Armstrong trusted to share close personal details about his inspiring life story. Working from his[...]

"Before this decade is out..." : personal refelections on the Apollo program

Glen E. Swanson, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2012

On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot to another celestial body. Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with less than 30 seconds [...]

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The final journey of the Saturn V

Andrew R. Thomas, Author ; Paul Thomarios, Author | Akron, Ohio : Ringtaw Books | 2012

Live TV from the Moon

Steven-Boniecki Dwight, Author | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | 2010

The partnership : a NASA history of the Apollo-Soyuz test project /

Edward Clinton Ezell, Author ; Linda Neuman Ezell, Author | [S.l.] : Dover Publications | 2010

The 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) was the first joint U.S.-Soviet space flight, in which teams from the two nations met in orbit to test an international docking system and conduct both collaborative and independent studies. This authori[...]

The Saturn V F-1 engine : powering Apollo into history

Anthony H. Young | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2009

Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight

David A. Mindell | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press | 2008

Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight

David A. Mindell | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press | 2008

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"Read you loud and clear!" : the story of NASA'S spaceflight tracking and data network

Sunny Tsiao ; United States. ; History Office National aeronautics and Space Administration | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2008

On the moon : the Apollo journals

Grant Heiken ; Eric M. Jones | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

Apollo, the race to the moon

Charles A. Murray, Author ; Catherine Bly Cox, Author | Burkittsville, Md. : South Mountain Books | 2004

Apollo : the lost and forgotten missions

David J. Shayler | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2002

The author chronicles these developments in adapting the lunar hardware to meet other objectives. Apollo, was a program of eleven missions.

Lunar landing and return : a simplified physics and mathematics investigation : the Apollo 11 saga

Donald C. Lundy 2002

If you have an interest in the technology and theory of space travel, in the basic elements of astronomy to be understood as fundamental to travel in space, in a sufficient knowledge of the subject of physics required to understand the technical[...]

Tracking Apollo to the Moon

H. Lindsay | New York, NY : Springer | 2001

Here is the ultimate book about the Apollo Moon landing program, perhaps the most complete, detailed and readable story of manned space flight ever published! Written by someone who was involved with the Gemini and Apollo programs, "Tracking Apo[...]

"Before this decade is out..." : personal refelections on the Apollo program

Glen E. Swanson, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 1999

On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot to another celestial body. Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with less than 30 seconds [...]

Exploring the moon : the Apollo expeditions

David Michael Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis series in space science and technology | 1999

"Exploring the Moon" focuses on the exploration carried out by the Apollo astronauts while on the lunar surface, and not on the technology of getting there. It is a story of the great adventure of exploring the Moon, and combines the words of t[...]

A man on the Moon : the voyages of the Apollo astronauts

Andrew L. Chaikin | [S.l.] : Penguin Books | 1994

"An outstanding work of popular scholarship... Andrew Chaikin tells the story of the voyages of the Apollo astronauts, from the disastrous fire in the cockpit of Apollo 1 during a simulated launch, to the geological discoveries made by the first[...]

Moon shot : the inside story of America's race to the moon /

Alan B. Shepard, Author ; Donald K. Slayton, Author | [S.l.] : Turner Pub. | 1994

This book is a complete and informative summary of the race to the Moon, stressing the individuals involved, their feelings and accomplishments. The book begins with the German rocket builder, Wernher von Braun, whom the US Army brought to Hunts[...]

Where no man has gone before : a history of Apollo lunar exploration missions

William David Compton | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 1989

Where no man has gone before : a history of Apollo lunar exploration missions

William David Compton | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 1989

This clearly-written account traces the ways in which scientists with interests in the Moon and engineers concerned with landing people on the Earth's satellite resolved their differences of approach and carried out a mission that made major con[...]

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Living and working in space : a history of skylab

William David Compton ; Benson, Charles, D. | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 1983